Michel wants to buy his mother handmade chocolates for Mother’s Day. He has $15.00 to spend. The price of each type of chocolate is given below.
Fudge centres: $0.60 Nut clusters: $0.75 Truffles: $0.80
A. Createandsolveanequationforeachtypeofchocolatetodetermine
how many Michel can buy with $15.00, if he buys only one type.
B. Michel decides to buy all three types of chocolates, instead of choosing just one type.
a) If Michel buys the same number of all three types, how many can he buy and stay within his budget?
b) Exactly how much will Michel spend?
c) Write an algebraic expression that represents the total
amount Michel will spend. Then substitute for the variables and evaluate your expression. How does this amount compare with your amount in part (b)?
C. Michel’s final choice costs $14.80. It is a combination of all three types of chocolates.
a) Determine four possible combinations of chocolates he
could have selected.
b) Create and evaluate an algebraic expression to show that
each of your combinations works.